Commentary
The last FbRN bulletin threw out something unexpected: of all the information we linked to – advice on funding, policy, events and more – one item was clicked on and downloaded more than any other....
I didn’t get to meet Nelson Mandela. The scene was set. Mandela was on his first overseas visit since his release – to London in 1990. A hundred or so Anti-Apartheid Movement...
FbRN started out as a particular kind of project – a group of faith-based practitioners keen to meet together and learn from each other. At one level FbRN remains just this - a growing network...
As we make our society more inclusive we are all enriched, but this can take time. We may need to be educated and to learn to listen to other voices. After years of campaigning, the Disability...
At a recent discussion on pacifism hosted by the St Paul’s Forum as part of the ‘How to change the world’ series (view here), several points arose relevant to a wider conversation around community...
What is the reality of religious discrimination in the UK and Europe? If we were just relying on the popular press we might be worried that a tidal wave of ethnic and religious hatred is...
Have you ever sat for two and half hours just listening carefully? Listening for such a long period of time is hard work and demands high levels of concentration. On Thursday I was able to listen for...
I recently heard it said that the government has extravagant expectations of the faith communities to contribute to the new policy agendas that are framed around the idea of the Big Society. We don’t...
I saw an advert this week for a new research report analysing the levels of trust in an organisation. The argument goes that there are 5 levels of trust which all need to function well for the...
Election day is gone, the results known. I don’t know about you but I was conscious again of the same round of pre-election comments:
‘Arggggh I don’t know what to do –...
